Mint and vanilla cheesecake makes for a fantastic flavour combination, but if you like mint chocolate, this dessert is for you. Chocolate Minty Cheesecake has a crunchy biscuit base, topped by a cream cheesecake with chocolate mint crunches in every mouthful. It is great for parties, and children love it. Best served freestanding as it cuts nicely into wedges. You’ll need a loose bottom or spring-form tin to do the presentation justice.
Ingredients for the base:
Ingredients for the topping:
Preparation Guidelines:
The base:
The topping:
To Serve:
Turn out of the tin and decorate with remaining mint wafers or sticks.
Note:   If you don’t have a loose bottomed or spring-form tin, use a flat-based glass dish; your dessert will look like a minty version of Eton Mess when you dish up, but it will still taste great.
Time:Â 30-40 mins to prepare, 3-4 hrs or overnight to set in fridge
Cocoa Treats:Â 8 servings
Continue readingWell, here’s a little something completely different from the classic chocolate fudge cake. There’s nothing posh about this cocoa treat, oh no… but chocolate cake in a mug is fast, fun and tasty to throw together for a mid-week pudding for the kids, or just for yourself whenever you need a little comfort food (shhhh don’t tell anyone). If you’re making it just for one, simply halve the ingredients.
Ingredients:
You will also need 2 large mugs
Preparation Guidelines:
Split all of the ingredients by half into 2 large mugs. Or, you can simply mix everything together in a bowl, then transfer the mixture evenly into the 2 mugs before cooking.
Note:Â Â Â The cake mixture should rise over the top of the mug during cooking.
This cake is also really tasty eaten hot with vanilla ice cream, or any other flavour for that matter. If you fancy it this way, simply transfer it to a bowl to serve and add the ice cream; the combination of hot cake and the ice cream will be wonderful!
Time: 5 minutes to prepare, 3 minutes to cook in the microwave for each mug of cake.
Cocoa Treats: Makes enough for 2 large mugs of cake!
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